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She Said Destroy

Nadia Bulkin,

Paul Tremblay (Introduction)

Start date: June 15, 2018

Finish date: July 14, 2018

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Jul 10, 2018 Lena rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: collection, horror

Only Unity Saves the Damned ★★★★☆
"Roz was kneeling by then, in deference and fear. When Lark’s screams finally stopped, she knew that it was her turn."
Feels like Nadia Bulkin is as big a fan of The Fountain as I.

Here she’s domesticated it, added a little Blair Witch Project mockumentary and an urban legend that sounds like the Cut Wife from Penny Dreadful.

It would have been better with three to five pages of domestic doldrums and disappointments cut and maybe an additional page of the othe ...more

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Jul 03, 2018 Tyler Gray rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, horror, own-kindle

Really enjoyed this collection over-all. 7 out of 13 stories I gave 4 stars, and 2 I gave 4.5.

It's a bunch of weird stories with horror elements and some stuff to make you think. Glad I read it.

Avg- 3.69 stars

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Jul 10, 2018 Fiona Knight rated it really liked it

Nadia Bulkin has immense talent, which is on full display here. The stories range from Lovecraftian mythologies to entirely more modern offerings, but they all drop you into a world that's just off to some degree. Once there, it's sink or swim - the worldbuilding is impressive, but these are short stories and there's no time for infodumps!
The Five Stages of Grief and Girl, I Love You are my standout favourites, but altogether it's a fantastically impressive collection.
Buddy read with the fantas ...more

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Jul 12, 2018 Canavan rated it liked it

✭✭✭

“Intertropical Convergence Zone” (2012) ✭✭✭½
“The Five Stages of Grief” (2008) ✭✭✭½
“And When She Was Bad” (2009) ✭✭
“Only Unity Saves the Damned” (2014) ✭✭✭½
“Pugelbone” (2010) ✭✭
“Red Goat, Black Goat” (2010) ✭✭✭
“Seven Minutes in Heaven” (2015) ✭✭✭½
“Girl, I Love You” (2014) ✭✭✭✭
“Endless Life” (2012) ✭✭
“Violet Is the Color of Your Energy” (2015) ✭✭✭✭
“Truth Is Order and Order Is Truth” (2014) ✭✭✭½
“Absolute Zero” (2011) ✭✭½
“No Gods, No Masters” (2017) ✭✭✭½

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